Manifolding sales-book.



Patent-ed Aug. l5, I899.

No. 63l,|08'.'

' c. L. nemson.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

(Applicationl filed Jan. 20, I899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES:

' ATTORNEY.

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, UNITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. DENISON, OF BUFFALO, N. Y.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,108, dated August 15, 1899.

Application filed January 20, 1899. Serial No. 702,795. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. DENISON, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Buf-' falo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manifold Sales-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a manifolding salesbook of simple and cheap construction in which two sheets are arranged in an interfolded condition in a pocket in one of the covers and are simultaneously drawn therefrom by the fingers of the operator as required, a carbon-sheet being secured at its inner edge to a strip connected with one section of the cover, so that the said carbon shall be interposed between the sheets.

It also relates to certain details of construction,all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in Which a Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the book open, with the upper or original sheet upon the front cover and the carbon-sheet, the duplicate sheet, andthe index-sheet arranged, respectively, above each other upon the back cover, with one of the edges of the copying and carbon sheets bent or turned upward. Fig. 2 represents a top plan view with the original sheet, the carbon-sheet, and the duplicate sheet upon the front cover and in position for withdrawing another section of the original and duplicate sheets. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the original and duplicate sheets loosely folded upon each other to illustrate the manner of interfolding the same. Fig. 4 represents an edge view of the device in a partially open position. Fig. 5 represents an edge view of the device in its closed 1 condition, the sheets being shown in full lines folded upon the rear'cover in position for writing thereon and in dotted lines in posij tion for the withdrawal of a portion of the sheets from the pocket.

In referring to the drawings for the details of construction like numerals represent like parts.

The preferred adaptation of my device comprises a front cover 1 and a rear cover formed in two portions 2 and 3, joined together by a flexible strip 4, the portion 2 being also connected to the front cover by a flexible strip 5. To the outer end of the portion 3 is com nected,by flexible hinges 6, a strip of material 6, to which the carbon-sheet 7 is fastened. The flexible hinges 6', Wherebythe'strip 6 is secured to the portion 3, are located near the sides of the cover to leave a space 8 of sufficient length between the portion 3 and the strip 6 for the passage of the duplicate sheet 9.

The duplicate sheet 9 and the original sheet 10 are folded upon each other, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and are supported in the pocket formed by folding the portion 3 upon the portion 2, a shoulder or stop device 11 being fastened to the forward end of the portion 2 to prevent the displacement of the bulk of the paper folds by the removal or withdrawal of the top folds. V

A metal strip 12, having an edge for severing the folds of paper, is fastened to the lower end of the portion 3.

An index-sheet 13 is mounted upon the portion 2 and is held in place by the rubber band 14, which may also serve to hold the two portions 2 and 3 together in their folded condition.

A backing 15, of cardboard or similar material, having each of its ends bent upon .itself, substantially as shown in'Fig. 4, is

preferably placed beneath the folds, forming a spring-bottom for the same.

The operation of the device is as follows: The paper sheets being interfolded together, substantially as shown in Fig. 3, and arranged between the portions 2 and 3, with the upper or free end of the duplicate sheet passed outward through the space 8 and the ends of both sheets sufficiently withdrawn to form full-length slips when folded upon the portion 3, the sheet ends, with the interposed carhon-sheet being now folded back upon the portion 3, are held in said position by the rubber bands l4,when the required memorandum of sale or other data is written upon the original or upper sheet 10 and transferred to the duplicate sheet by means of the carbon-sheet 7. The top ends of the original sheet and the duplicate sheet are now grasped by the operator, turned toward the front cover, and a sufficient length of both sheets withdrawn to form the next slips. said slips and the carbon-sheet are then again folded upon the portion 3, and the slips previously written upon are severed from the main body of the sheets by means of the strip 12.

It is obvious that two or more copies may be obtained, if desired, by adding two or more extra duplicate sheets and placing an additional carbon-sheet before each added duplicate sheet.

My device, with slight alteration, can be adapted to bankchecks, letters, invoices, statements, &c., and various changes in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the scope of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

1 claim as my invention- 1. A manifold sales-book comprising two cover-sections attached to each other at one end and adapted to fold to form a pocket, one of the cover-sections provided, near its outer end with a transverse opening, and an original and a duplicate sheet in an interfolded condition to fit between the cover-sections, the said duplicate and original sheets adapted to be withdrawn through the cover-slot and open end of the pocket, respectively, and to fold back over the cover, with a carbon-sheet The ends of the afore- I interposed between the folded ends of the sheets, for the purpose set forth.

2. A manifold sales-book comprising a folded cover device forming a pocket, the outer end of one fold of the device provided with a transverse slot, a carbon-sheet attached to the outside end border of said slot, and an original and a duplicate sheet arranged in a plurality of folds to fit within the pocket of the cover, the upper free ends of the two sheets extending outward, one through the cover-slot and the other below the same, as set forth.

3. A manifold sales-book comprising afolding cover device forming a pocket, a strip hinged at each end, to the outer part of one section of the cover device, a space between said hinged strip and its cover-section, a car hon-sheet having one of its ends attached to the aforesaid strip, an original and a duplicate sheet in an interfolded condition within the pocket, the upper ends of the said sheets projecting outward, at opposite sides of the carbon-sheet, the three sheets, and the strip supporting the carbon-sheet adapted to fold back over the cover, as set forth.

CHARLES L. DENISON.

Witnesses:

L. M. BILLINGS, G. A. NEUBAUER. 

